Revealed: If Yahaya Bello travel, he will be arrested in abroad

• The EFCC has explained the contiguous past politician of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello could beryllium arrested extracurricular Nigeria, if allowed to question abroad
• According to the EFCC lawyer, if the erstwhile politician is arrested extracurricular Nigeria, specified improvement would hold his prosecution present successful Nigeria
• The EFCC made the assertion portion kicking against Yahaya Belllo's exertion asking the tribunal to merchandise his question papers for aesculapian attraction abroad

Yahaya Bello, the contiguous past politician of Kogi State, has been described arsenic a formation hazard and that helium mightiness vanish if granted support to permission the country. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) made the assertion earlier Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court successful Abuja connected Friday, June 27.

The anti-graft agency, done its lawyer, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), successful his argument, explained that the exertion by the erstwhile governor's counsel, Chief Joseph Daudu (SAN) to let Bello to question extracurricular the state connected a aesculapian travel should not beryllium granted.

The EFCC kicks against Yahaya Bello's exertion to question abroad Photo Credit: @officialEFCC
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Why Bello should beryllium stopped from traveling

According to Leadership, the EFCC lawyer argued that if the exertion is granted, the erstwhile politician could beryllium arrested successful the state helium had travelled to. According to the EFCC, specified improvement would frustrate the ongoing proceedings of the erstwhile politician earlier the court.

During the hearing, the EFCC lawyer explained that the witnesser successful the matter, Mshelia Arhyel Bata, who was a compliance serviceman with the Zenith Bank, was facing harassment and intimidation due to the fact that of his grounds earlier the court. He past urged the tribunal to support the witness.

Responding to the claim, the witnesser maintained that helium lone had small altercation with the information outfit of the erstwhile governor. During the transverse introspection of immoderate document, the witnesser maintained that Yahaya Bello did not payment from the transactions successful the documents earlier him.

EFCC wants tribunal to find witness' position

But the EFCC lawyer kicked against the enactment of grounds that the witnesser was speaking on, helium said:

“It is simply a wealth laundering charge, who benefits oregon not is what the tribunal volition decide. The witnesser is not successful a presumption to find who benefitted from immoderate transaction. The witnesser is not an adept of law.”

Yahaya Bello has been confronted with an ₦80bn fraud allegation since leaving the bureau arsenic the politician of Kogi State. The erstwhile politician had earlier had melodramatic show with the EFCC erstwhile helium failed to look for questioning earlier the anti-graft agency.

The EFCC had made moves to apprehension Bello but helium evaded the apprehension with the assistance of his successor, Ahmed Ododo. Following respective backmost and from with the anti-graft agency, the erstwhile politician yet surrendered himself for prosecution earlier present seeking a aesculapian permission abroad.

EFCC moves to halt Yahaya Bello from traveling abroad Photo Credit: @officialEFCC
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Bello mislaid bid to transportation lawsuit to Kogi

Legit.ng earlier reported that a erstwhile Kogi authorities governor, Yahaya Bello, has mislaid his bid to transfer the N80bn fraud lawsuit from Abuja to Kogi.

The main justice of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, declined Bello's petition to transportation the case.

Justice Tsoho drew the attraction of Bello’s counsels to a pending entreaty successful the case: Yahaya Adoza Bello VS FRN.

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Source: Legit.ng